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Change subject: README.dco: update Linux instructions
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README.dco: update Linux instructions
Update the README.dco file by including instructions related
to the new 'ovpn' linux kernel module.
Change-Id: I22af9957b27785514d8c6d58fe4f2100d007fa5c
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <anto...@mandelbit.com>
---
M README.dco.md
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
git pull ssh://gerrit.openvpn.net:29418/openvpn refs/changes/87/1087/2
diff --git a/README.dco.md b/README.dco.md
index 3f7e00c..fc4334e 100644
--- a/README.dco.md
+++ b/README.dco.md
@@ -14,26 +14,22 @@
Getting started (Linux)
-----------------------
-- Use a recent Linux kernel. Linux 5.4.0 and newer are known to work with
- ovpn-dco.
+The new DCO linux kernel module (namely `ovpn`) has been merged upstream
+as of linux-6.16. From this kernel version onwards you directly get
+the DCO module as shipped by your kernel.
+NOTE: the new `ovpn` Linux kernel module is compatible only with OpenVPN
+2.7 and greater.
-Get the ovpn-dco module from one these urls and build it:
+Alternatively, if you run an older kernel or if you want to use a more
+recent DCO module than the one shipped by your kernel, you need to use
+the ovpn-backports project.
-* https://gitlab.com/openvpn/ovpn-dco
-* https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-dco
+To learn how to use the ovpn-backports project and build your own DCO
+kernel module, please refer to the README file available at:
-e.g.
+ https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-backports/blob/main/README.md
- git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-dco
- cd ovpn-dco
- make
- sudo make install
-
-If you want to report bugs please ensure to compile ovpn-dco with
-`make DEBUG=1` and include any debug message being printed by the
-kernel (you can view those messages with `dmesg`).
-
-Clone and build OpenVPN (or use OpenVPN 2.6+). For example:
+Then clone and build OpenVPN (or use OpenVPN 2.7+). For example:
git clone https://github.com/openvpn/openvpn.git
cd openvpn
@@ -48,8 +44,8 @@
data channel offloading, OpenVPN will automatically disable DCO support and
warn the user.
-Should OpenVPN be configured to use a feature that is not supported by ovpn-dco
-or should the ovpn-dco kernel module not be available on the system, you will
+Should OpenVPN be configured to use a feature that is not supported by ovpn
+or should the ovpn kernel module not be available on the system, you will
see a message like
Note: Kernel support for ovpn-dco missing, disabling data channel offload.
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